Stan Herman: Over Seventy Years in the Fashion Industry

After a two-year break, fashion and cultural historian Laura McLaws Helms is back with a conversation with fashion designer Stan Herman.

Stan Herman is a living legend in the American fashion industry. At 97-years-old, Stan been designing and working in the New York fashion industry since the early 1950s. After becoming a youthquake fashion star as head designer for Mr. Mort in the late 60s, starting in the 1970s, he became the designer of choice for corporate uniforms. Through his uniform designs for many different airlines, McDonald’s, FedEx, Amtrak and more, as well as his many-decade career selling robes and loungewear on QVC, he is the most worn designer ever. Even now, in his late 90s, he continues to design uniforms for FedEx, JetBlue, and other major corporations. From 1991 to 2006, Stan was also president of the CFDA, where he was integral to bringing New York Fashion Week to the tents at Bryant Park.

This conversation took place in September 2024, soon after the release of his memoir, Uncross Your Legs: A Life in Fashion (https://bookshop.org/a/101766/9781938461583)

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Produced and hosted by Laura McLaws Helms Featured Guest Stan Herman